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L. SCHUTTE .au ,JQ B. LADD.

2 sheets-sheet 1.

(No Model.)

PNBUMATIG GONVEYBR. No. 469,175.

Patented'fmhle, 1892.

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UNITED 'STATES PATENT OEEICE.

LOUIS SCHUTTE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND JAMES BEACH LADD, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND; SAID LADD ASSIGNOR TO SAID SCHUTTE.

PN EUIVIATIC CONVEYER.

SPECIFICATION lormng part of Letters Patent No. 469,17 5, dated February 16, 1892.

Application filed May 28, 1891. Serial No. 394,362. (No model.)

material from any required point to any other point desired within reasonable limits.

The apparatus may be variously modified in its form and details to suit the conditions under which it is to be used in each case; but for purposes of illustration we have represented the same as adapted more particularly for use on a dock for removing the material from ships and delivering the same into cars on an adjacent railway.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation, partly in section, of our improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a top plan View, the parts above the line 2 2, Fig. 1, being broken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical central cross- .section on the line 3 3 of Figs. 2, 4, and 5.

Fig. i is a front elevation of the upper part of the discharge-tube and attendant parts, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows in Figs. 3 and 5. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on the line 5 5 of Figs. 1, 3, and 4.

Referring to t-he drawings, A. represents a gallows frame provided with supportingwheels a and arranged to travel on railsupon the dock parallel with its front and over the track on which the receiving cars B are mounted.

On the frame A there is mounted atop frame C, sustained by suitable rollers and arranged to slide forward and backward,`so that its end may be projected beyond the dock to overhang the ship D, from which the material is to be delivered. At its outer end this frame gives support to the `discharge-tube E and to the air-supply pipe F, attached to its side, the two devices being connected to the frame, as here inafter detailed, by a universal joint, so that they may ,be swung freely in all directions. The discharge-tube E consists of any suitable number of sections e e', the., arranged to slide one within another with a telescopic action, in order that the tube may be lengthened and shortened, as the required position of its lower receiving end may demand. The air-supply pipe F is constructed in like manner with a series of telescoping sections f f duc., and at the lower end the air-pipe delivers in an upward direction through an outlet f3 into the lower end of the discharge-tube E, the jet of air thus delivered into the tube acting with an inductive effect to carry the coal or other material upward into the mouth of the tube, through which its course is continued in an upward direction by the direct propelling effect of thel air.

In order that the material may be lifted in a continuous and uniform manner and in large volume to a considerable height, it is found advisable to use, in addition to the airjet at the base, supplemental jets introduced into the discharge-pipe at different points in its length in an upward direction. For the purpose of introducing these jets we make the sections of the discharge-tube of such diameters as to leave annular spaces between them and construct the sections of the airpipe F in like manner, and connect the two pipes by surrounding hollow couplings G G', tc-*such as shown in detail in Fig. 3so that the air may pass from the upper end of the air-pipe through the annular spaces between its sections, and thence through the couplings into the annular spaces between the sections of the discharge-pipe, being finally delivered into the interior of the air-pipe at different points in its length in the form of annular upwardly-moving jets, which act successively on the ascending column of material, which is kept in suspension bythe air. The essence of ourinvention in this regard lies in the employment of a telescopic discharge-pipe and in providing a discharge-pipe, telescopic or other form, with a series of air-inlets at different heights, so that the ascending material may be repeatedly subjected not only to the initial IOO `volume or current of air, but also to repeated impulses from additional jets. By. this application of jets successively to effect the elevation of the moving material we are enabled to insure the continuity of the flow and to effect the elevation to a great height,thus overcoming the uncertainty and the danger of stoppage which attends the ordinary application of the air.

Passing now to the details of the parts which support the tubes, attention is directed particularly to Figs. 2, 3, 4t, and 5, in which it will be seen that the coupling G, supporting the upper ends of the two tubes, is sustained at one end by a horizontal journal g and at the opposite end by a hollow trunnion g2 in a surrounding yoke or frame H, which is in turn provided with'and supported by hollow hori# zon-tal.trunnionsh` and h. inbearings h2, bolted to the-top frame C. The journal gf, asshown in Fig. 5,' projects inward from the frame I-I,

to which it is rigidly.y attached, andhas its` innerend seatedloosely in adepressionin the couplingG. The journals of the `couplingsfand' the yokestand at right angles'to each other, forming a universal' joint,` so

thatfthe lower ends of the tuloes'mayfbe` swung horizontallyin any required direction. Thevhollow journal 'gv2 ofthe top coupling,

through which air is introduced to the-pipe, communicateszin -its f turn through av passage'- invtlfefrocking yoke lwith thehollowtrunnion h of the latter,"this trunnionbeing in its.-

turn connected tothe end of theair-suppl'y pipeLextendingin thedirection of the length of the; frame C and a'rrangedto slideinto and* out of a pipe J, carried by frame C, 4andconnectcdinrits turn by-a flexible or other pipe K'withna` stationary main'M, which isu oonstantlysu-pplied Awith-l airv from aA pump or other "source y'ofv fluid pressure. This .main mayv be provided Vwith a seriesy of necks to permitthe attachment of the. pipe4 at differs entlfpoin'ts. 'Under the above` arrangement the'airpasses from the main Mthrough the intermediate `connections into theupper end of' the pipe. F, the lvarious telescopic and swiveling connections permitting the. frame C to'slideinwardand 'outward and thetubes tobe lengthen'edk and shortened and swung freely in al1 directions without interrupting thecontinuity of the connections or in any manner interfering with the flow` of theair.

In short, thearrangements permit the entire structureto lbe moved along the doek from placetto place, as maybe dcmandedLand ofi the receiving 'end of the discharge-tube .beingy introduced in any required position into the.

vesselfa'ndto. bechanged in posit-ion as the dischargeof the loadmay require.

Theraisingand `loweringof the lower ends rofy the tube may be effected by any appropriate mechanism; but we commonly employ.

a rope or chain 7c', extending from the lower end yof. the tube upward to a winding-drum k', which is driven through sprocket-wheels thereon by chains 7a2 from pulleys on the "ment-rackp?, fixed to the yoke. Theswinging hand-wheels 7.53, mounted above the kframe or platform C, so that it maybe conveniently operated by the attendant. The upper end of the tube E delivers into the upper part of an inclined chute L, through which the material is delivered by gravity into a hopper N on the 'endof the gallows-frame,fthis hopper having at its bottom a reversible pivoted shoe O, through which the material may be delivered to the right or leftinto the receivingears. The ychute L is inclosed at its upper end to prevent the escape of dust, but provided with an irregular outlet Z, through which the, air` mayescape.

The various adjustments of the parts may be effected by any suitable appliances, but we ,commonly employ the following: To shift the platform C inward vandfoutward 4an `endless chain o is attached to a lsupporti'ng-post o. on the .main Vframe andicarried around twoguide` pulleyso?, both of whichare mounted on the f sliding frame and one of fwhichflis connected to the vertical shaft of avhand-wheel'o, the

rotation-of which4 will havethe effect of carrying the frame C forward or backward, as demanded. The swinging motioniof the tubes to and from `the dock is effected` by al1and wheel p on the upper end of a -shaft,.carrying.

atits lower-end a worm p', .engaginga;y seg? motion inthe other direction is effec-ted blya. hand-wheel 'r on a vertical f shaft, provided. at

ltheflower end with a-worm-wheel r', engaging a segment-rack r?, fixed to the couplingG.

Having thus describedour invention, what we claimis-V f l. Inl a.pneumaticconveyelg a dischargetubeopen at bothends, in comb'ination'with supports therefor jointedito permit a .univerf TOO sal swinging motionof the receivingendof' 'the tube,.means for'adjusting the-tubefend- Wise in relation to the supports, an. air-supply' pipe connected'. to the dischargetubeand ide'-V liveringinto its lower end, and ahopperor receptacle into' which theftube discharges.

2. In a pneumaticconveyenatelescopic.

discharge-tube and a telescopic air-pipe-deliveringthereto,in combination with jointed.

supports permitting a universalswinging motion of thetubes.

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3; In a pneumatic. conveyer, a-telescopic discharge-tube, in combination with ateleseopic air-tube and connectionsthro-u gh which the air-tube discharges into the othery at ldifferent points in its length.

et. In a pneumatic eonveyer, adischargetubehaving an uninterrupted passagetherethrough fromthe` :receiving to the delivery points, in combination with means for delivl ering air kunder pressure into the tube atits receiving` end and also between its ends,V

whereby the materialv being moved issubjectedto repeated propelling impulsesand ,kept continuously in motion.

`5. The telescopic discharge-tube and thel telescopic air-tube, each having annular spaces between the adjacent ends of the adjoining sections, in combination with the hol lowr couplings through which the air is deliv' ered from-one tube to the other.

6. In combination with the discharge-tube and air-tube, their supporting collar or coupling mounted on journals, the yoke in which said journals are seatedsustained in its turn by journals, and the air-supply pipe communicating through' the journals with the airtube, whereby the tubes are permitted a universal motion Without affecting the delivery of the air thereto.

7. The supporting frame A and sliding frame C, in combination with the air-supply pipe thereon, the pipe sliding therein, the air and discharge tubes, and the universallyjointed support connecting the tubes to the frame C and provided with an air-passage A Vitnesses:

RoBT. M. HOOPER, IVILLIAM D. HUNTER. 

